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two percent cnose townnouses and condominiums alone or said no additional housing is needed.
Also in the housing category, 42 percent of those surveyed noted a need for more rental housing and 31 percent for more owner occupied housing.
Almost half of those surveyed — 42 percent — did not answer when asked what they thought the county’s permitted lot size should be. “They said it’s already set by the zoning ordinance so why should they say anything,” pollster Cheryl Taylor explained to the Rappahannock Planning Commission at last Wednesday’s meeting. Of those who did answer, most favored smaller lots. Only 11 percent wanted lot sizes of 10 acres or more, while 12 percent said five to 10 acres, 20 percent said two to five acres and 12 percent said less than two acres.
According to Bill Strider, the PD director who supervised the survey, the questionnaire is intended to provide “insights on public attitudes relevant to basic planning issues.”
Only persons residing in the county were surveyed. Eighty-four percent of the respondents owned their homes; 14 percent were renters. Household size closely paralleled the average found by the 1980 census takers: the survey average was 2.82 persons per household; the census average was 2.84.
Participants appeared to be divided along the lines of population distribution, with the largest concentrations in Sperryville, Washington, Amissville, Flint Hill and Castleton (in that order). However, most of those who answered the questions prepared by the PD staff seem uninvolved in local activities. Only 23 percent said they belonged to a civic organization, with the biggest percentage claiming membership in the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (40 percent) and volunteer fire departments (almost 20 percent).
In the next step in the comprehensive plan update, Mr. Strider will present the county planners with an environmental section at their July meeting. Noting that the chapter on environment in the current plan will require few changes, he alerted the commissioners that work sessions will be scheduled before revisions begin on other sections of the plan.
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